The ten day performances of the Ekoin ring were practically brought to a conclusion on Sunday, and ended in a manner more than satisfactory to the patrons of the art of wrestling, highly praised as their expectations had been. Of course the feature of the day consisted in the matches between Hitachi and Ara-iwa both of whom had boasted of possessing the best record during the season, for they each had won successively to that day. In this respect the latter was a shade better than Hitachi who had had a "draw", while Ara-iwa's record consisted entirely of "innings", to borrow a term from another sport. The announcement of their names by a herald and their appearance in the ring was a signal for deafening shouts from the spectators who were literally over-flowing the galleries and the ground-seats. The umpire giving a signal, the two combatants began to grapple, Hitachi taking the initiative. He got hold of the loin girdle of his antagonist, and pushed him on to the edge of the ring with Herculean strength. It was a perilous moment for Ara-iwa, but he was equal to the occasion. Though slightly inferior in strength to Hitachi, Ara-iwa is a consummate master of the "48 tricks" of wrestling, and as Hitachi was intent on pushing him out of the ring, he quickly dodged to the left, and succeeded in changing places with his adversary by a series of clever maneuvers carried out with almost lightening quickness. The upshot was that he brought down Hitachi with a heavy thud over the edge of the ring where a minute before the latter had almost brought his enemy to bay. The cheers that rose were literally deafening, and were followed by a sight calculated to make one imagine for a moment that a hurricane had deprived the spectators of their head-gear and other light substances which began to fall in the ring thick and fast as snow-flakes. They were thrown by the spectators who were to exchange them afterward for their presents to the victorious Ara-iwa. Thus the prize apron presented by the Rum Company went to this wrestler, and thus the contest over which, the public expectation had been bitterly disappointed for the past three seasons owing to illness and consequent absence of Ara-iwa ended in his complete triumph. And thus to him alone went the palm of the ring this season.